Jayda Sharaf Explained

Jayda Sharaf
Nationality:	Egyptian
Birth Date:	17 May 2001
Birth Place:	Cairo, Egypt
Country:	Egypt
Sport:	Artistic swimming

Jayda Sharaf (Arabic: جيداء شرف, born 17 May 2001) is an Egyptian artistic swimmer. She represented Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held July–August 2021 in Tokyo.

Life

She was born in Cairo, Egypt. She started Artistic Swimming at the age of 9 1/5, she has represented Egypt in the Fina World Junior Artistic Swimming Championships 2018 Budapest, Hungary, and the 18th FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju, South Korea.^[1]

Previously, Jayda moved with her family for 1 year and a half to South Africa, 2013 - 2014, where she was the South African Champion in her age class and was selected to represent the Under 15 national team in the Comen Cup 2014, Alexandroupolis ^[2] before returning to train in Egypt.

She qualified in the women's team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jayda SHARAF | Results | FINA Official . FINA.org . . 23 July 2021.
2. Web site: Andriaanse . Shaun . Team Announcement: Mediterranean Synchronised Swimming Cup 2014, Greece, 10-13 September 2014 . Swimsa.org . Swimming South Africa . 23 July 2021.
3. Web site: Artistic Swimming - SHARAF Jayda . dead . 2021-08-02 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . en-us . 2021-07-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210726111143/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/artistic-swimming/athlete-profile-n1361572-sharaf-jayda.htm.